Report on SOLIDARNA Foundation's Support to Grassroots Actions for Women's Human Rights and Gender Equality

In
October 2016, SOLIDARNA has launched the „Secondary Out Loud!“ campaign as a response to ever-growing misogynist discourse
coming from clerical circles and increasingly intense attacks on women's
reproductive and sexual rights in Croatia. Here you can see and download the whole report.

Citizens have been
mobilized to stand up for gender equality through various channels: the FB page
„Secondary out loud!“ has gathered more than 2500 citizens and has been
supported by series of public appearances on various cultural, activist and
sport events. Cooperation with a number of associations, cafes and shops
throughout Croatia has also been achieved. Support for women's initiatives
could have been manifested through donation and in turn you could get T-shirts
with the captions "secondary," "slut"
"disobedient," and "from Eve’s rib" (male solidarity
edition).

From the donations of the
citizens 40.579,00 HRK was collected altogether. SOLIDARNA added another
15.000,00 HRK donations from its general fund in order to issue a public call
for proposals with 60.000,00 HRK (8000 EUR) fund on the occasion of the International
Human Rights day 2017. Financial supports went up to 4,000 HRK for ad hoc
actions (URGENT & IMPORTANT) and up to 10,000 HRK for new or innovative artistic, activist and
auxiliary actions (INCUBATOR), initiatives and projects of individuals, informal
groups and organizations that protect and promote gender equality and freedom
of the gender expression. The emphasis was on innovative initiatives coming
from small environments. 61 entries were received at the tender and 16 small
grants were awarded on the eve of the International Women's Day in 2017.

Here is the list of all supported projects & initiatives, the whole report you can download at the bottom of the page:

Due to the acute need for permanent work on
defense of acquired women's human rights, the SOLIDARNA Foundation will continue to actively seek out targeted donor
support during year 2018. for ad hoc and emerging women’s community initiatives
and will periodically, in accordance with the in flow of funds, resume the
„Secondary Out Loud!“ public calls for proposals. For this purpose, the
SOLIDARNA Foundation seeks cooperation with thematic foundations and programmes
for supporting women in Croatia and abroad.